AMD Accelerated Processing Unit
An AMD Accelerated Processing Unit is an AMD microprocessor designed to act as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) on a single chip.
- AKA: AMD Fusion.
- See: Intel HD Graphics, Direct3D 12, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Eighth Generation Video Game Console.
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2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit Retrieved:2017-10-16.
- The AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), formerly known as Fusion, is the marketing term for a series of 64-bit microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), designed to act as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics accelerator unit (GPU) on a single chip.
AMD announced the first generation APUs, Llano for high-performance and Brazos for low-power devices in January 2011. The second generation Trinity for high-performance and Brazos-2 for low-power devices were announced in June 2012. The third generation Kaveri for high performance devices was launched in January 2014, while Kabini and Temash for low-power devices were announced in the summer of 2013.
The Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One eighth generation video game consoles both use semi-custom third generation low-power APUs.
Although they do not bear the name "APU", Intel's CPUs with integrated HD Graphics are architecturally very similar.
- The AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), formerly known as Fusion, is the marketing term for a series of 64-bit microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), designed to act as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics accelerator unit (GPU) on a single chip.